St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-01
DAKOrA,s LEGEsLATURE.
The Usual Grist of seiIls.-A Court
Coalition SurMised.

| Special to the Globe. s-Fis,r,-.s
BISMARCK, OAK, Jan. 31.-This has
! been one of the duIlest days yet passed i'll
the house since it convened. There were
| no red-hot discussions, nor interesting
crossing of swords with sufficient energy to
raise sparks. The bill repeating the law
making the collection OF usury criminal
offense aroused two OF three members from
lethargy, but the discussion was not favored
| with the wild and untamed features that
make law wmaking vocation to be enjoyed
| by the man outside the fence. The bill
passed the house by good round majority.
a petition from the CaSS county farmers
| praying that the maximum rate Of interest
be fixed at 10 per cent. was read. When
the introduction of bills was called for. a
half dozen slim white legal ghosts gathered
at the clerks table. Among them was a
bill introduced by j. II. Fletcher, of Brown
| county, and if it passes, the blessings OF
every disabled and Scared veteran of the
late trouble in the Middle and Gulf states
will be
POURED DOWN ON HIS HEAD.
1t provides that in every public depart
| ment and upon the public works of the ter
ritory of Dakota and of the cities. towns and
villages thereof, honorably discharged
Union soldiers and sailors of the late war
shall be preferred for appointment. Age,
loss of limb and other physical impairment
which does not in fact incapacitate, shall
not be deemed sufficient to disqualify them,
provided they possess the requisite qualiti-
cations and business capacity necessary to
| the discharge of the duties OF the position.
! Next came q bill introduced by E. w. Ter
| rill, fixing the salaries OF county treaSurerS
and register of deeds. The figures Mr..
&c {hn-, niolo A0tt
ing, especially in the larger counties. The
bill provides that the county register and
| county treasurer of counties having less
| than 8, 900 inhabitants shall be given salary
of $500, and in counties having more than
5000 and less than 6, 600 Inhabitants. 81, 600;
in counties having more than 5000 aud less
| than 5000 inhabitants, $1,000, and in
counties of more than 5000 or less than
II, 900 inhabitants, the sum of 81, 800. The
pleuro- pneumonia question is attracting
considerable attention. and Wilson, of Wise,
! introduced yoluminouS bill for the pre-
vention of the spread of contagious diseases
among cattle, and to create the Office of
cattle commissioner with salary OF S3, 600
year, with secretary as assistant on a
salary of So, 600 per year, these offices to be
| filled with appointees by the governor. LII
| the council
RIPPLE OF EACIIfhENI
was created by the introduction by Mr..
Grigsby of bill providing for the removal
of the supreme court from Deadwood to
Sioux Falls. The introduction of the BILL
it is said, at this time will tend to pass the
house bill providing for the removal OF the
| United States courts from Yankton, which
is now in the hands of the council Judiciary
committee 1t was feared that the Mitch
ell bill, which easily passed the house,
would lie in the council but the introduce
tion of Grigsby's bill gives the impression
that pledges have been made between the
Sioux Falls and Mitchell factions to stand
by these bills in the different houses. 1t is
claimed that the North will stand by the
Black Hills people. and help to retain their
court. 1t opens up what promises to be a
very merry fight before the last drop of
blood is she'd Dr. Collins "body snatch
ing' bill, that provides for the protection of
physicians and surgeons who may be found
with dead bodies in their possession, was
too cold bloOded for the majority of the
law makers. and it was indefinitely post
poned, which means that it is buried for
this session at least. Council bill 95, which
provides that a person suing for divorce
must prove residence in the territory for
one year, kicked up cloud of dust, few
wanting to amend it by making it two
years. but it finally passed in its original
form. In the house Col. Price, OF Water
town. cattle expert, was granted the priv
ileges of the floor during the session, and
will probably address that body on pieuro-
| pneumonia tomorrow.